REZONING

The purpose of the Attendance Rezoning Process is to provide a standard planning procedure to use each time it is necessary to redraw district attendance zones. The primary goal of the process is to provide all stakeholders who may be affected by rezoning with an opportunity to have input into the decision-making that affects boundary changes. Rezoning is typically done by looking at both short-term and long-term effects on the district’s students, staff, and neighborhoods, in addition to considerations for transportation, building capacity and the overall long-term building/enrollment plan.

• Create/maintain a feeder system which allows as much as possible for elementary students to move to the same middle school together.
• Create/maintain a feeder system which allows as much as possible for middle school students to move to the same high school together.
• Have students attend the school closest to where they live.
• Keep neighborhoods/subdivisions together.
• Utilize facilities in the most efficient way possible.
• Have a reasonable driving time for students to get from home to school.
• Minimize transportation requirements and costs as much as possible.
• Maintain a commitment to long-range planning decisions.
• Balance enrollments among the schools.
• Eliminate or minimize the use of portable buildings/learning cottages.
• Leave room in a school for potential growth.
• Retain a balanced racial/ethnic/economically disadvantaged relationship in all schools. (Title I school status)
• Use natural boundaries, such as major streets and roadways as lines for attendance boundaries.

If rezoned to a new school location, the district will allow rising 5th grade students, 8th grade students, and 11th grade students to remain in their current school. Students who have a sibling taking advantage of the rising 5th or 8th grade grandfathering option can attend the school along with the sibling as long as both were in the school when this zoning plan is implemented. No transportation service will be available for this option.